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Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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1195 points mriguy | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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bhouston ◴[20 Sep 25 01:12 UTC] No.45308820[source]▶
This is actually smart. Many H1B visas are used to undermine fair labor wages for already local talent. We should ensure that H1B visas are for actual unique talent and not just to undercut local wages.

H1B is ripe with abuse - this article by Bloomberg says that half of all H1-B visas are used by Indian staffing firms that pay significantly lower than the US laborers they are replacing:

- https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-h1b-visa-middlemen-c...

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1. ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 ◴[20 Sep 25 05:02 UTC] No.45310539[source]▶
It can be a cheaper source of human resources without direct outsourcing. This will just offshore jobs, not foster recruiting of citizens.

The intent is obvious, but the foresight into potential outcomes is shortsighted.

Labor is expensive, more competition will rise overseas, as it will become more expensive to operate.

It also crushes the opportunities of a gigantic number of individuals who are here today who had a plan in place to exist in this ecosystem. Additionally the institutions that supported them will also be hurt. Although, they might have been aware of the writing on the wall over the past year.